Micah also anticipated the destruction of the Judean state and promised its restoration more glorious than before. He also called to account the prophets of his day, whom he accused of accepting money for their oracles. According to him, the city was doomed because its beautification was financed by dishonest business practices, which impoverished the city's citizens. Micah was the first prophet to predict the downfall of Jerusalem. The people of Samaria were rebuked for worshipping idols which were bought with the income earned by prostitutes. In his early prophecies, he predicted the destruction of both Samaria and Jerusalem for their respective sins. His messages were directed mainly towards Jerusalem, and were a mixture of denunciations and prophecies. Jeremiah, who prophesied about thirty years after Micah, recognized Micah as a prophet from Moresheth who prophesied during the reign of Hezekiah. Micah was a contemporary of the prophets Isaiah, Amos, and Hosea. Ahaz's son Hezekiah ruled from 715 to 696 BC. Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah from 742 to 735 BC, and was succeeded by his own son Ahaz, who reigned over Judah from 735 to 715 BC. Micah prophesied during the reigns of kings Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah. The subject's father is not given and likely descended from the common people as the target of his message was towards the privileged classes. Micah lived in a rural area, and often rebuked the corruption of city life in Israel and Judah. Micah was from Moresheth, also called Moresheth-Gath, a small town in southwest Judah. He prophesied from approximately 737 to 696 BC. Micah was active in Judah from before the fall of Israel in 722 BC and experienced the devastation brought by Sennacherib's invasion of Judah in 701 BC. Micah 5:2 is interpreted by Christians as a prophecy that Bethlehem, a small village just south of Jerusalem, would be the birthplace of the Messiah. He prophesied the future destruction of Jerusalem and Samaria, the destruction and then future restoration of the Judean state, and he rebuked the people of Judah for dishonesty and idolatry. Micah's messages were directed chiefly toward Jerusalem. He prophesied during the reigns of kings Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah. Micah was from Moresheth-Gath, in southwest Judah. He is considered one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible and was a contemporary of the prophets Isaiah, Amos and Hosea. July 31 Roman Catholic January 5 and August 14 Eastern OrthodoxĪccording to the Hebrew Bible, Micah ( Hebrew: מִיכָה הַמֹּרַשְׁתִּי Mīḵā hamMōraštī "Micah the Morashtite") was a prophet in Judaism and is the author of the Book of Micah. Judaism, Islam, Christianity, ( Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church) Russian Orthodox icon of the Prophet Micah, 18th-century ( Iconostasis of Transfiguration Church, Kizhi Monastery, Karelia, Russia).
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